A man charged with shooting his grandfather dead at the behest of his mother has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and will testify against the mother. Jacob Kempainen, 22, entered his plea deal last week, WLUC reported. An open murder charge along with conspiracy and firearm charges were dismissed. According to Bringmethenews.com, Kempainen and his …
An Ohio man detained for shoplifting at a Walmart last week pulled a gun and pointed it at a police officer’s head, but the gun jammed and didn’t fire, and a Walmart employee jumped in to knock the gun away. The incident was captured on the officer’s body camera. In the video, 21-year-old Shane Newman …
A 14-year-old Maine boy was arrested this week after police said he had drawn up a hit list and was plotting to harm classmates. Many parents opted to keep their children home from school on Friday — when a holiday assmbly was planned on the last day of school before winter break — after the …
An Indiana man has been accused of killing his 81-year-old father and trying to kill his mother. Indianapolis Police responded to the home of John and Olanna Pedigo late last week and found John Pedigo dead and Olanna with serious injuries, WISH reported. The investigation began when the couple’s 54-year-old son, Bryan Pedigo, reportedly told …
A reserve police officer and his wife have been arrested and charged with subjecting their biological and foster children to “cruel and unusual punishment.” Branch County prosecutors Zachary W. Stempien said that Matthew and Cassandra Boatrite, 34 and 32, were charged after a joint investigation by Michigan Child Protective Services and Michigan State Police, WTVB …
The man suspected in Saturday’s mass shooting at Brown University was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday night in New Hampshire. Providence Police Col. Oscar Perez announced the suspect was Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, a former Brown student from Portugal whose last known address was Miami, Florida. He was found dead in …
A Florida woman has been arrested after she allegedly shot her two ex-husbands to death on Wednesday. Manatee County deputies arrested Susan Avalon after they were called to a home in Bradenton and found a 54-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital, where he later died, but told investigators before …
Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge on Wednesday to vacate her conviction in a new filing citing “substantial new evidence” her attorneys say prove her constitutional rights were violated. The filing says that the new information was withheld during the British socialite’s 2021 trial and false testimony was presented, resulting in a “complete …
An Alaska Airlines passenger has been arrested after he allegedly tried to open the plane’s cabin door as it left Prudhoe Bay last week. Kassian William Fredericks, 36, was arrested on Sunday by federal agents, charged with interfering with a flight crew, the Anchorage Daily News reports. According to the complaint against him, witnesses said …
Miller’s wife, Mica Miller, committed suicide last year after what she said were years of abuse at the hands of her husband.
A missing North Carolina teen was found dead last week, and authorities have launched a murder investigation after receiving preliminary autopsy results. Joseph Rose was reported missing to the Asheville Police Department on December 2, the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office said. Ten days later, they were called to the scene of a body found in …
A South Carolina woman has been charged with murder after a man was found dead in a roadway earlier this month — and investigators found video on her phone showing the man walking down the road while they were having some kind of domestic dispute. Charleston County deputies said they responded to call about an …
